base only, max.: H. 5.4 × W. 10 × D. 6.6 cm (2 1/8 × 3 15/16 × 2 5/8 in.) vessel and stand, max.: H. 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze, the domed base with a turquoise blue glaze, the rim banded with metal
15th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian xhi" within a double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseCast bronze with green patina; with an inscription on the interior
11th-10th century BCEChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseCast bronze
ChineseSplashed Jun ware: coarse gray stoneware with light blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusion from copper filings
13th-14th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches reserved against a cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red enamel added to the exterior at a later date
16th-17th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
19th centuryChinese